Indonesian
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2.9
- noun
- /ˌɪndoʊˈniːʒən/
:
indonesio
- The menu featured traditional dishes explained in Indonesian.
- Bahasa Indonesian
- speak Indonesian
Examples
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Instead, it selected Bahasa Indonesia, or Indonesian, formerly called Malay.
Academic text (1992) -
All education beyond third grade and all governmental communications are in Indonesian, and only token recognition is given to the goal of preserving local and regional languages.
Academic text (1992) -
And here was a woman who had spent seven years in Indonesia, spoke Indonesian.
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Though Indonesian citizenship wasn't required, courses were taught in Indonesian, and Obama learned the language in three months.
Blog text (11) -
QTranslator is able to translate a word, phrase, or sentence into Indonesian rapidly.
Blog text (27) -
He himself had Dutch citizenship when he first set up the school in 1967, and it wasn't until 1982 that he changed his citizenship to Indonesian.
Blog text (11) -
It is not the part of the country where Indonesian is most widely spoken, not the section with the most educated and literate population, and not the best-served area in terms of amenities on a per capita basis.
Academic text (1992) -
Janssen doesn't remember who registered Obama, but he recalls that Obama's mother didn't speak Indonesian.
Blog text (11) -
She learned to speak Indonesian fluently while living in Bali.
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Many textbooks are available to help students understand Indonesian grammar.
Synonyms
A form of Malay used as Indonesia's official language
Compounds
The southern part of the island of Borneo that belongs to Indonesia, called Kalimantan
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The language Indonesian is the official form of Malay used across the country, and its name comes from Indonesia, built from Indo- 'India' and -nesia 'islands'. That is why Indonesian refers to the national language of the island nation of Indonesia.